Press: Reuters' $1.5 Billion Bonanza

A plan to go public generates potential fortunesand problems Diana
Parsons was skiing in Switzerland with her family when a stranger
called from London with the news. The British farmwife, 44, could be a
multimillionaire, thanks to a distant relative named Dundas who had
bought some stocks three generations ago. As a shareholder in a company
that is a part owner of Reuters Ltd., the London-based news agency,
Parsons could gain some $4 million. All over Britain, would-be
millionaires are racing to lay claim to part of the estimated $1.5
billion that Reuters may be worth if it offers its shares...